CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
A WHISPERING WIND............................1
CHAPTER TWO
BILLOWS OF SMOKE.............................2
CHAPTER THREE
THE SILVER PICTURE FRAME..............4
CHAPTER FOUR
WORDS FROM A WORLD AWAY............7
CHAPTER FIVE
THE SILENT RIVER...............................18
CHAPTER SIX
CANNOLI SICILIANO.............................22
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE LAST LIGHT OF DAWN.................36
CHAPTER EIGHT
TRACES OF TINY TEARDROPS...........47
CHAPTER NINE
A MILLION MILES AWAY........................54
CHAPTER TEN
STARS COLLIDE....................................66
CHAPTER ELEVEN
POPPY'S SECRET..................................76
CHAPTER TWELVE
JOURNEYS..............................................81
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
THE LITTLE RED VELVET BOX.............99
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
TI AMO, NONNINA.................................104
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
SWEPT AWAY.........................................109
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
TRAPPED IN TIME.................................114
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
AWAKENINGS........................................121
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A STAR FALLS IN THE WEST...............128
CHAPTER NINETEEN
ABOVE THE SOUNDS OF THE CITY....130
CHAPTER TWENTY
SHATTERED GLASS.............................139
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
GUARDIAN ANGELS.............................158
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
SANTA'S WORKSHOP...........................164
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
THE QUEEN OF CRESTMONT RIDGE..180
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
MORE THAN JUST A KISS....................188
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
THE QUESTION OF THE EVENING......196
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
PAGES OF THE PANORAMIC PAST.....204
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN.....................212
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
THE FAR FIELDS OF FORTUNE...........216
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
SPEAK NOW..........................................252
CHAPTER THIRTY
WRITTEN IN THE STARS......................258
TIMELESS PAGES---THE SONG...........266
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................268